Ed Fairburn

Edition Four feature
Words by: Ed Fairburn
Location: Dorset, UK 
Photo Credits: ©Ed Fairburn 

My name is Ed, and I live and work in Dorset, UK, with my partner Viola. I repurpose paper maps and atlases as a surface to create (mainly) portraits – a very niche way of creating art, which originally stems from my love of both maps and portraiture. I started working with maps as a creative medium in late 2012, shortly after graduating from Cardiff School of Art and Design. It has since become a long-term project and my sole occupation, and in recent times, a partnership between me and Viola. 

We have our studios at home in our cottage, which is located in a small market town in a fairly rural setting. Viola organises and manages most of the administrative and logistical work and provides technical support with the artwork: preparing and editing maps, making alterations, framing, packing and shipping. I do most of the drawing and other pencil-to-paper processes. 

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